Let a million bike trailers bloom

In Denmark, Ikea is rolling out its own bikeshare program, but with an extra bonus: Their bikes will come equipped with a trailer, one of which I want about as much as I want a vintage Kosmo.com mess bag. (A lot!) Ikea says about 20 percent of their Danish customers arrive at the store by bike. (At my local Ikea, at the Mall of America, that number is more like, uh... zero. The South Metro is less bike-friendly than Los Angeles, and not nearly as pretty. I've been known to ride the Surly out that way though. The last time, in fact, was to buy a 7.5 MM hex wrench at Sears in order to take off my self-extracting Campy crankset.)



Thing is, though: My full-sized Dodge Caravan -- a behemoth in every sense of the word -- has frequently been too small to bring home what I need from Ikea.

Perhaps I need to downsize my purchases and stick to wine glasses, lightbulbs, and Swedish meatballs.